Description

Gladiabots is a robot combat strategy game in which you carefully construct the AI of your robot squad and send them into the battle arena. Improve, refine and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.

Assemble your perfect team of robots and set their AI strategy with the simple to use but in-depth visual AI editor. Decide when your units should attack, gather resources, support each other, retreat depending on their health, keep their distance, close in, save your shield, react to the circumstances on the battlefield and much more.

History

Gladiabots started as one of my many spare time projects. Early 2016, I released a first alpha version, which quickly attracted a lot of attention and positive feedback. That's why, later that same year, I decided to quit my cosy job at Amplitude Studios to work full-time on it and live the ultimate solo indie dev experience.

Features

Create your own AI and watch your robots execute it in the arena

Fix it, improve it and repeat it until you outsmart all your opponents!

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Awards & Recognition

Selected Articles

"A clever game, and not without its funny moments, as you destory the entire opposition only to realise all your bots are programmed to huddle around the ball for all eternity because you forgot the "pick up" command."- Brendan Caldwell, Rock Paper Shotgun

"Destroying opposing robots may require only simple chains, but defending a base, retrieving items, and repelling enemies, all at the same time, starts demanding advanced logic and incredible foresight – especially when different types of Gladiabots start becoming available, each with their own specific skills. Thankfully, any errors in your code can be corrected on the fly, making for a speedy, fun lesson in AI design."- Matt Kamen, Wired UK (Gaming)

"It's a very impressive game, that gives some insight into actual video game AI programming, with a fun premise and an intuitive user interface that makes it easy to understand and (most importantly) fun to play!"- Leo 'Freak' Anderson, AlphaBetaGamer

"Games like SpaceChem, Perfect Paths, and TIS-100 have abstracted programming into challenging puzzlers, but the upcoming Gladiabots will let you test your programming skills in the arena of robotic warfare."- Christian Valentin, PocketGamer